The Clarendon Hills Park District will spend $18,500 for a new video surveillance system to keep eyes on its new $1.3 million maintenance garage and its community center at 315 Chicago Ave.

The surveillance system, the first to be used by the park district, is being installed to provide a safe and secure environment for its patrons and staff, according to a video surveillance policy approved Monday by the park board.

Don Scheltens, executive director, said construction of the new maintenance garage, which is just west of the community center, is 95 percent completed and will include two public restrooms that will be open April through October.

Surveillance cameras, five around the garage and three around the community center, are expected to be installed by the end of the year, Scheltens said.

“It’s a way to have better security for our new maintenance garage, and the board felt as long as we’re putting cameras up for the garage it would be a good idea to add a few for the community center,” he said.

The cameras will be motion activated, Scheltens said

The new video surveillance policy stipulates that information obtained through video surveillance will be used exclusively to assist with the investigation of incidents such as theft, vandalism, personal injury and property damage, along with security and law enforcement purposes.

The policy prohibits the installation or operation of cameras in areas for which there is a reasonable expectation of privacy and also prohibits any recording, streaming or transmitting of audio.